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Birthday Week

On Saturday we planted three new trees in front of the house. I have great hopes for them and their rising high in the next three years. It will be interesting to see what our home looks like when and if we move away from it after law school. We went and purchased them, along with an ax and other tools, from a birthday gift card. Thank you! I have been slowly whittling away at the stump in the front with my new ax. I also removed all the above ground roots behind the garage. There is one or two I missed, but I will get them.

We went out to eat at Outback Steakhouse Friday night. They did not cook either of our steaks well enough and we had to send them back. Accordingly they only made us pay for one of the steaks for our trouble. Of course, it was the more expensive! I did not mind too much. It was really good once I got the steak back and it was not rare still. Amanda is not a big seafood or fish fan so I try to eat up. I enjoyed shrimp and mussels with my meal. Interestingly, the waiter asked if we were from Utah because I used a Zions Card. He had been to Utah and seen the banks everywhere. I was offended at the Utah notion but he recovered quickly.

The rest of the week brought other gifts, cards, money, and wishes. Thank you to everyone!!

I continue through school. No complaints. I see there are a number around who are getting a little stressed. For the most part I think everyone puts on a brave face. I don’t feel like I am in full comprehension of the facts. However, I don’t tend to get anxious. I hear there are a few who are pretty stressed.

I have been watching the news and am a bit disappointed in our good government. As we remembered the Constitution’s Birthday last week it appears the Capitol District didn’t have much of a remembrance celebration. They are off working out a bail out for an estimated $700,000,000,000. That equates to more than $2,000 per person. Forget the whole per person, I am talking per living citizen of this country! So much for refund checks. They are going to take them back with tremendous interest! How about we put our house in order? How about we take care of our collective debt before we begin helping others out with their debt? Who will help us out of our debt? China? In reading last night I stumbled on the following scripture, “For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.” (Deut 15:6). Does that mean if we borrow over many nations we shall not reign? Does that mean we shall not be blessed? In what way?

It certainly seems like time we paid our dues, debts, and other obligations. I feel so strongly about the whole bail out thing I want to swear. This seems ridiculous! Outrageous! Okay, Wall Street may fail. So the argument I will get taxed either way. I would rather take my chances than to help a bunch of whiners who live in the corner office. They should have been prepared. They should have not gone into debt. They should have been wiser. Why do we have to bail them out? Rather than shutting down the Fed, they will probably just create another department. The Department of Finance. Socialism, here we come!

Well, back to reading torts. The one class I feel like I am actually getting. Maybe that should say something to me.